On a sunny October day, I faced a particularly tough crowd with some insightful questions: a classroom of third graders. In my role as CEO of a large commercial general contractor, there are ...

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Board of Education voted 7-to-2 on Thursday to raise the score requirement on the state’s third grade reading test — the first hurdle determining whether the ...

In spring 2024, 48 percent of Vermont third graders showed proficiency in language arts, which measures reading and writing ... phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.

Third graders from Strausser Elementary School were ... In May, the students prepare a script incorporating math, reading, art and theater lessons. They practice throughout the summer to prepare ...

MONTGOMERY — The Alabama State Board of Education last week voted 7-2 to raise the score requirement on the state’s third grade reading test — the first hurdle determining whether the ...

It shows the relationship between poverty and reading scores. Like other states’, Missouri’s line slopes downward from left to right, indicating that, in general, third-grade reading ...

8 to hear discussion on the value and importance of literacy, and whether it should be considered a civil right as the city grapples with its reading problem. The free event, consisting of a keynote ...

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, results also showed just 33% of third-graders reading at grade level in the Fort Worth Independent School District this year.